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Quote Originally Posted by Kalam View Post

Obviously the culture war stuff is predictably bad. But if you are upper middle class (or legitimately wealth) with a safe job/source of income Trump has been good for you economically. Depends on what your priorities are I guess.
How? The market rose similarly under both Biden and Trump, historically is better with Dems, and while inflation was out of whack for Biden’s term, the $ was strong as we were doing better with regard to Covid recovery than other nations. Now we are generally weaker, doing worse than other countries, and the dollar is shit as he didn’t address debt, and also doesn’t have the benefit of the working class having more disposable income. I don’t know who that works for?
Biden was in between Trump. It is basically the same 9+ year period, and I think it is pretty petty and dishonest to try to argue Biden was good and Trump bad (or vice versa).

Do you think Druff has done poorly the last 9 years? I know I haven't. There might be a reckoning coming; but my entire upper middle class friend/family social circle has had a good run economically since Trump took office. Even 2020-2021 was fine economically; although who knows what the effects of my kids not being in school for almost 2 years will be.

Like I said, a reckoning may be coming. But for all the online doomerism, once you step offline everything seems to be going fine for every upper middle class (and higher) person I know. Even the Jewish people I know all seem to be doing fine economically, although the ones who are active in left wing spaces are becoming social pariahs, causing angst.